Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Testimonies Index

The CSYE currently contains 219.1 hours of transcribed recordings from 129 testimony interviews (466 tapes). Of these, 32.8 hours of transcripts (72 tapes) have been reviewed and are available in both the Yiddish alphabet and Latin transliteration. The remaining transcripts are available only in Latin transliteration. Please return here to find the latest additions to the corpus.

  Survivor Interview # City of Birth
Israel Fingurt (thumbnail) Israel Fingurt 18008 Scorţeni (סקאָרצען?)
Hugo Fishman (thumbnail) Hugo Fishman 26782 Uzhhorod (אונגװער)
Adalbert Fried (thumbnail) Adalbert Fried 27737 Nagykáta (געבע?)
Dina Fried (thumbnail) Dina Fried 14899 Rozavlea (רעזאַװליע)
Herman Gancz (thumbnail) Herman Gancz 34224 Sighetu Marmației (סיגעט)
Genia Gertslikh (thumbnail) Genia Gertslikh 37401 Bershad' (בערשעד)
Jacob Gewirtzman (thumbnail) Jacob Gewirtzman 11559 Łosice (לאָשיץ)
Rokhl Gilinskaia (thumbnail) Rokhl Gilinskaia 28880 Švenčionys (סװענציאַן)
Arie Gilinski (thumbnail) Arie Gilinski 9696 Vilnius (װילנע)
Mala Goldbaum (thumbnail) Mala Goldbaum 27657 Warsaw (װאַרשע)